Husband With Benefits
Chapter 80: A Dark Secret

Chapter 80: A Dark Secret

Lara Anderson looked down at the pictures that she had received and felt her insides burn! Dam* it! She should have known that the old man would not let her win so easily! Hadn’t ’Uncle’ William been a thorn in her side for so many years? He’d always influenced her parents so that they would think that she was in the wrong.

He’d brainwashed them to the extent that they’d made her marry a man whom she hated to the core! She’d been forced to become a mother and act the dutiful wife just so she could live comfortably. Every day, for so many years, she had patiently dreamt of being able to get rid of her husband. And when it had finally happened, that old man had interfered again, leaving her saddled with these children so that she had to start all over again!

And now once again, when she had almost reached her goal, he had meddled. Instead of letting Sara take the inheritance, he’d arranged matters so that it would land in Nora’s lap! But it wasn’t enough that he’d guided her to win it but also the person he had arranged to protect her and become her husband.

Demon Frost! Who had not heard of this man in their country? The man was in his early thirties, but he had ruled the city’s business and high society with an iron fist for almost a decade now. The man was known to kill his enemy first before inviting anyone to negotiate. And that man was now standing between her and Nora, stopping her from gaining her rightful inheritance.

She winced as she felt the throbbing pain on her cheek, making it difficult to focus on anything else. No wonder she had been so swiftly attacked when she had dared to create trouble for Nora. The bi*ch had actually made complaints to her husband.

Lara looked into the mirror carefully. Her youthful and beautiful appearance was marred with bruises which were still fading to yellow. She had never expected that Nora would be so vicious to hire someone to assault her. She needed to settle these accounts as well. However now that she knew who her opponent was, she was going to be much more careful. Nora was a nobody who was easily manipulated. Demetri Frost was not. She would need to find some weakness in that man so that she would be able to subdue him.

But first, she would have to get rid of the boy. His brother had already been captured by Demetri Frost. While that policeman Alex knew nothing about her identity, Max was a different story altogether. If Max was caught, he might reveal her involvement.

Stumbling upon this senior’s mental problems had simply been a gift when she had been trying to get that policeman on her side when he had casually mentioned a suicide last year. A girl had been tortured to death by a stalker. The plan had worked beautifully. She. herself had witnessed how scared Nora had been. And she’d enjoyed it the most! It almost gave her nostalgia as she thought of the time when little Nora used to shiver just at the sound of her voice. Sigh... those were the days when she had the girl under her thumb.

She’d wanted to use Max to torture Nora some more, but now that his identity was compromised... it would be too dangerous. Luckily the boy had not followed his brother but come to them for help.

She looked at the person who had reported everything just now. Picking up a glass of wine, she carefully handed it to him, perching in his lap as she questioned," What are you going to do with Max? He is of no use anymore. In fact, he could be a danger to us. If he is caught, then he will definitely be sent in for psychological evaluation. And a doctor will be able to tell that he was being guided..."

The other person nodded agreeably, his hands quickly settling on her waist as he caressed her slowly, adding," Of course I know that. It just seems a waste for him to die alone. I’d worked so hard on him. From slowly switching his medicines to directing his desire towards Nora. At least the boy should have been able to taint her before we needed to get rid of him. But now he has turned from an asset to a liability. It’s a pain to handle him..."

Lara caught the button on the man’s shirt, slipping it through the hole, as she revealed some skin and whispered, "Fine, you don’t handle him. I will. He insists that he wants to be with his brother and take Nora with him. I can tell him..."

As Lara listed her plan, the other person could only listen with wide eyes. This woman seemed to have no boundaries. When Lara first came up with this plan, it had been shocking. And now it was even more so. Even though he felt hesitant, he decided to see this through to the end, if only to not get his name besmirched. He would take care to tie up the loose ends and then himself rid of this woman in his lap. She was like a viper, cool and beautiful on the outside but poisonous inside.

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"Nora is being too unkind to you. Your brother was caught by the police and brought in ruthlessly. Max, you have to decide who you love more, Alex or Nora. Your brother has so hard for taking care of you all these years while you have given Nora so much attention and encouragement. But that girl is just an ingrate. You saw for yourself how she treated her own mother. Don’t you think that at this time, you should go and help your brother?"

Max looked up from where he was crouching Nora’s name and looked at the lady in front of him. At this moment Max, looked unlike the smart and confident senior when he had been talking to Nora in the past, and more like a child who needed to be treated while tears clung to his lashes.

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